Arkansas International Tennis Tournament

The Arkansas International Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played at Burns Park in North Little Rock, Arkansas in the United States from 1974 to 1979. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1977 through 1979 and was played on indoor carpet courts. From 1977 onward the tournament was also known under its sponsored name Fairfield Bay Classic.

Arkansas International Tennis Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Fairfield Bay Classic Little Rock Open
Tour	USLTA Indoor Circuit (1974–1976) Grand Prix (1977–1979)
Founded	1974 (1974)
Abolished	1979 (1979)
Editions	6
Location	North Little Rock, Arkansas United States
Venue	Burns Park
Surface	Carpet (indoor) Hard (indoor)

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1974	Jimmy Connors	Karl Meiler	6–2, 6–1
1975	Billy Martin	George Hardie	6–2, 7–6^(5–4)
1976	Haroon Rahim	Colin Dibley	6–4, 7–5
1977	Sandy Mayer	Haroon Rahim	6–2, 6–4
1978	Dick Stockton	Hank Pfister	6–4, 3–5, ret. ^[a]
1979	Vitas Gerulaitis	Butch Walts	6–2, 6–2

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1974	Jürgen Fassbender   Karl Meiler	Vitas Gerulaitis   Bob Hewitt	6–0, 6–2
1975	Marcello Lara   Barry Phillips-Moore	Jeff Austin   Charles Owens	6–4, 6–3
1976	Syd Ball   Ray Ruffels	Giuliano Pecci   Haroon Rahim	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1977	Colin Dibley   Haroon Rahim	Bob Hewitt   Frew McMillan	6–7, 6–3, 6–3
1978	Colin Dibley   Geoff Masters	Tim Gullikson   Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–3
1979	Vitas Gerulaitis   Vladimír Zedník	Phil Dent   Colin Dibley	5–7, 6–3, 7–5

Notes

1. Pfister retired with a sprained ankle.^[1]

References

1. "Stockton Cops Little Rock Net Event". Schenectady Gazette. AP. February 4, 1978. p. 30 – via Google News Archive.

External links

• Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) results archive
• ITF Vault 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine